John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Concord’s disastrous launch reportedly leads to its director’s self-demotion
19 Sep

Concord’s disastrous launch reportedly leads to its director’s self-demotion

John RoutledgeLatest News
The ripples from Concord’s seismic implosion are still fanning out since Sony decided to take the game offline earlier this month. Now, the game’s director has reportedly decided to bow out gracefully. Kotaku reported that game director Ryan Ellis of Firewalk Studios told staff members that he’s stepping down from his position. Ellis, who cofounded Firewalk after a stint as…
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YouTube is now showing ads when you pause videos
19 Sep

YouTube is now showing ads when you pause videos

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google has found another way to turn your eyeballs into money: by turning paused YouTube videos into a new real estate for ads. A YouTube communications manager told The Verge they’ve seen “strong advertiser and strong reviewer responses” since they “rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers.”YouTube first started looking at using ads on pause screens in 2023 with select…
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The Immersed Visor aims for spatial computing’s sweet spot
19 Sep

The Immersed Visor aims for spatial computing’s sweet spot

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An Austin-based startup best known for its VR and mixed reality workspace software for other companies’ headsets now has hardware of its own. The Immersed Visor appears to sit somewhere between a Vision Pro Lite and Xreal Plus: a lightweight head-worn device that creates a high-resolution spatial computing environment on the cheap (well, relatively speaking).Teased to death for months, Immersed…
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The EU gives Apple six months to make cross-device interoperability easier
19 Sep

The EU gives Apple six months to make cross-device interoperability easier

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The European Commission is done waiting for Apple to comply with the rules of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It has started proceedings designed to ensure that the company complies with its interoperability obligations as one of DMA's designated gatekeepers, which are made up of the industry's largest and most important players. The commission explained that under the DMA, it…
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Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, highlighting its power in Hollywood
19 Sep

Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, highlighting its power in Hollywood

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Amazon is joining Hollywood's top lobbying group as its seventh member. To be precise, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios will become part of the Motion Picture Association on October 1, alongside six other heavy hitters in Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix (which became a member in 2019).Amazon was already…
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